| All the Dreams We've Dreamed: A Story of Hoops and Handguns on Chicago's West Side Contributor(s): Bradburd, Rus (Author), Corren, Donald (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1538512483 ISBN-13: 9781538512487 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Violence In Society - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 303.609 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.8" W x 5.5" (0.52 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Locality - Chicago, Illinois - Geographic Orientation - Illinois |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Marshall High School coach Shawn Harrington was about to turn his team's struggling record around with the help of promising point guard Tim Triplett. But it all came crashing to a halt when he was caught in a drive-by shooting in a case of mistaken identity. Using his body to shield his daughter from gunfire, Harrington is struck and paralyzed.All the Dreams We've Dreamed is a heartrending story about gun violence on Chicago's West Side. Within a year, as Harrington contends with his paralysis, two young men dear to him are killed: first, Ontario Brown Jr., his best friend's son, and next, Triplett. Harrington is forced to reexamine his own mother's murder in 2003. Author Rus Bradburd, who has an intimate forty-year relationship to Chicago basketball, shows readers how Shawn Harrington's story reveals the intertwined tragedies of senseless gun violence, health care failure, racial assumptions, union apathy, gender inequality, and corruption in big-time basketball. It is also, however, a story of the nature of friendship, of communities, and of hope. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bradburd, Rus: - Chicago native Rus Bradburd is the author of three previous books: the short story collection Make It, Take It; the controversial Forty Minutes of Hell: The Extraordinary Life of Nolan Richardson; and his memoir about Ireland, Paddy on the Hardwood. He coached basketball for fourteen seasons at UTEP and New Mexico State. Rus and his wife, the award-winning poet Connie Voisine, live with their daughter in Chicago and New Mexico. |